{"product_id":"algorithmic-culture-before-the-internet-9780231206693","title":"Algorithmic Culture Before the Internet","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday, algorithms exercise outsize influence on cultural decision-making, shaping and even reshaping the concept of culture. How were automated, computational processes empowered to perform this work? What forces prompted the emergence of algorithmic culture? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlgorithmic Culture Before the Internet \u003c\/i\u003eis a history of how culture and computation came to be entangled. From Cambridge, England, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, by way of medieval Baghdad, this book pinpoints the critical junctures at which algorithmic culture began to coalesce in language long before it materialized in the technological wizardry of Silicon Valley. Revising and extending the methodology of \"keywords,\" Ted Striphas examines changing concepts and definitions of culture, including the development of the field of cultural studies, and stresses the importance of language in the history of technology. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering historical and interdisciplinary perspective on the relationship of culture and computation, this book provides urgently needed context for the algorithmic injustices that beset the world today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Striphas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231206690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231206693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2023","brand":"Ted Striphas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132467507455,"sku":"9780231206693","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aab9ce9a-4a41-4e80-8dd0-aa750a749648.jpg?v=1687480376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/algorithmic-culture-before-the-internet-9780231206693","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}